The Graduate and Professional Student Government hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year! 

GPSG Meetings Spring 2026

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GPSG Events

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Events Around Campus

Longing: Stella Dayrit Roden, soprano and Amanda Arrington, piano

Sunday, January 25, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Faculty & Guest Artist Recital: Longing

Stella Dayrit Roden, soprano and Amanda Arrington, piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

Q&A with Mayer Brown

Monday, January 26, 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Boyd Law Building

Join Megan Goodson, Associate Attorney at Mayer Brown, for dinner and conversation to learn more about the firm, her practice area, and the Chicago legal market! Please RSVP via the Outlook invitation.

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5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music--A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 3: Memes

Monday, January 26, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 3: Memes

Professor Matthew Arndt emcees the third presentation in this series of intergalactic music poetics. Drawing together ancient wisdom and modern science, this poetics aims at transmuting one’s experience of everything as music and living joyfully even as we work confidently toward an abundant future.

Featuring selections from Quartet for the End of Time

Katie Wolfe, violin
Jorge Montilla Moreno, clarinet
Carey...

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Benjamin Van Tassell, PharmD

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: 

Benjamin Van Tassell, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FAHA, ASH-CHC
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

All are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

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BMB Research Workshop

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Medical Education Research Facility

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology holds research workshops featuring internal speakers on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:20pm. For Spring 2026, these will occur in 2117 MERF. Presentation titles are not publicly available due to the use of unpublished research. Individuals interested in attending workshops or being added to the email list should contact the office at biochem@uiowa.edu.

Jan. 20: open

Jan. 27: open

Feb. 3: open

Feb. 10: open

Feb. 17: Tyler Woodward, PhD Candidate, 4th Year...

NLG Digital Forensics Seminar

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 12:40pm to 1:50pm
Boyd Law Building

A smartphone is a digital diary, location tracker, and personal secretary; and police can access all of it (sometimes without a warrant). Investigator Kristofer Lyon, a Digital Forensics Specialist and Defense Investigator with the Office of the State Public Defender, breaks down essential technology that law enforcement uses, providing foundational knowledge for new attorneys to defend their client's Fourth Amendment rights in the digital age.

Students will learn:
· How tools like Cellebrite's...

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Microsoft Teams: Meetings

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual

This course is designed for users who would like to gain a better understanding about one of the key collaboration tools within Microsoft Teams — meetings. We will cover scheduling a meeting, as well as how to use the controls and features available during the meeting, such as breakout rooms. After the meeting is over, we will teach you how to access recordings, in-meeting chat, notes, and files. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To...

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

Each semester, we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

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Microsoft Teams: An Introduction

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This introductory course will give you a high-level overview of how to utilize Microsoft Teams and the tools within to collaborate and communicate with a work group, a project team, or any assortment of people. Topics covered include navigation, settings, chat, communicating in a team, and more. This course is designed for first-time users of Teams and those who would like to ensure they are getting the most out of this organizational tool. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for...

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Maximizing Pivot to Find Funding and Collaborators (January 2026)

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual

Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise.

Register here. The RDO will send a calendar invitation and Zoom link upon registration.

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Men's basketball vs. USC

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 6:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa men's basketball team hosts USC.
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Microsoft Loop: Get Started with Loop

Thursday, January 29, 2026 11:00am to 11:45am
Virtual

Microsoft Loop is a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams, content, and tasks across your tools and devices. This training will introduce you to Loop workspaces, which can be used as a notetaking tool or to manage projects. Additionally, we will discuss how you can integrate a Loop workspace into a team in Microsoft Teams. While this is a Microsoft Loop training, it is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before attending this session.

Online Degree Programs Information Session

Thursday, January 29, 2026 12:00pm to 12:29pm
Virtual

Join us for a 30-minute online overview of the Bachelor of Applied Studies (BAS) and Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) online degree programs from the Univeristy of Iowa. You can join from a PC, Mac, iOS, or Android device here: BAS and BLS Information Session Zoom Link

You are welcome to drop-in or register!

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DeLTA Center Colloquium: Sophia Choukas-Bradley

Thursday, January 29, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre

Dr. Choukas-Bradley is an Associate Professor at The University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Psychology

Interests: interpersonal and sociocultural influences on the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents and emerging adults (ages 11–24).

Presentation title and abstract to come.

Sophia’s Bio Page: https://www.psychology.pitt.edu/people/sophia-choukas-bradley-phd

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Success, Not Excess

Thursday, January 29, 2026 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Bowman House

Success, Not Excess provides a small, safe and supportive space for UI students wanting to make or considering changes in their alcohol or other drug use. The group emphasizes success in academics, relationships, mental and physical health, and other goals through reducing alcohol and other drug use. Meetings are provided by the UI Collegiate Recovery Program. For more information, please visit our website.

This is not a treatment group and will not satisfy legal or other disciplinary mandates...

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Thursday, January 29, 2026 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Wynton Marsalis and his eminent ensemble return with an inspired Ellington program.
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DeLTA Center Roundtable discussion: Sophia Choukas-Bradley

Friday, January 30, 2026 9:00am to 10:30am
University Capitol Centre

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event in which DeLTA expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

Dr. Choukas-Bradley is an Associate Professor at The University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Psychology

Interests...

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14th Annual Fulbright Intensive U.S. Student Program Workshop

Friday, January 30, 2026 9:30am to 11:30am
Virtual
Join International Programs at the University of Iowa (UI) for the 14th Annual Fulbright Intensive U.S. Student Program Workshop.
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Friday Crafternoons

Friday, January 30, 2026 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Need a break at the end of the week? Swing by the Stanley on Friday afternoons for Crafternoons. Bring whatever low-mess craft you're currently working on (a sketchbook, knitting, embroidery, coloring books, origami—whatever you're into!) or just show up and use some of the various supplies we'll have on hand. No experience required! Light snacks provided. Stay for five minutes or hang out for a while, it's up to you.

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Iowa swimming and diving vs. St. Thomas

Friday, January 30, 2026 5:00pm
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
Iowa swimming and diving hosts St. Thomas.
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Men's wrestling vs. Minnesota

Friday, January 30, 2026 7:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa men's wrestling team hosts Minnesota.
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Stained Glass

Friday, January 30, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building

By Randy Jackson-Alvarenga

Part of Theatre Arts' Gallery Series

Tickets:
Tickets for workshops and galleries are free of charge; however, you must obtain a ticket at the door and seating is limited.

Duo Battuto: Nick Miller and Hanna Rumora

Saturday, January 31, 2026 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Duo Battuto: Nick Miller and Hanna Rumora

Nick Miller, percussion
Hanna Rumora, cello

This concert is free and open to the public.

Recital: Henry Wolf, piano

Saturday, January 31, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Henry Wolf, piano

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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